Aircraft equipment problem split flaps.

Attributes
ACN	296175
Time
Date	199411
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : czm
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : czm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 13000
ASRS Report	296175
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Regular schedule commercial flight iah-czm. En route flight normal. Arrival at czm, flaps selected to 2 degrees. Flaps then selected to 5 degrees. The flaps (inboard) hung up and would not move any further. The outboard flaps moved normally. We got the book and went through the flap split procedure. After that, we declared an emergency and landed at czm. The point here is that the flaps were written up twice and not corrected by maintenance. Additionally, this aircraft had 13 previous write-ups on the #3 fuel gauge. 6 previous write-ups on the stabilizer out of trim light did not fix the problem, even though maintenance had signed them off as fixed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT EQUIP PROB SPLIT FLAPS.

Narrative: REGULAR SCHEDULE COMMERCIAL FLT IAH-CZM. ENRTE FLT NORMAL. ARRIVAL AT CZM, FLAPS SELECTED TO 2 DEGS. FLAPS THEN SELECTED TO 5 DEGS. THE FLAPS (INBOARD) HUNG UP AND WOULD NOT MOVE ANY FURTHER. THE OUTBOARD FLAPS MOVED NORMALLY. WE GOT THE BOOK AND WENT THROUGH THE FLAP SPLIT PROC. AFTER THAT, WE DECLARED AN EMER AND LANDED AT CZM. THE POINT HERE IS THAT THE FLAPS WERE WRITTEN UP TWICE AND NOT CORRECTED BY MAINT. ADDITIONALLY, THIS ACFT HAD 13 PREVIOUS WRITE-UPS ON THE #3 FUEL GAUGE. 6 PREVIOUS WRITE-UPS ON THE STABILIZER OUT OF TRIM LIGHT DID NOT FIX THE PROB, EVEN THOUGH MAINT HAD SIGNED THEM OFF AS FIXED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.